MechAssault

MechAssault is a third-person shooter/mecha game released in 2002, developed by Day 1 Studios and published by Microsoft for the original Xbox. Centered in the BattleTech universe, the game follows a group of people under the employment of a mercenary company called the Wolf's Dragoons, and the operations they carry out on the planet Helios. MechAssault is notable for contributing to the rise of online gaming on game consoles, given that the Xbox had native support for broadband/Ethernet connections, and though the services for original Xbox Live have been shut down for a while, has managed to survive through alternatives such as Xlink Kai and Insignia.

Plot
(describe characters, setting, and a summary of all missions)

Multiplayer
Main Article: Multiplayer

(mention original xbox live, xlink/insig, vanilla meta, etc)

For a guide on playing online today, see this page.

Modding
Main Article: Mods

(Rebalance, Multi expanded, grinder enhanced)

Related
(page for Mech2) (phantom war) (mech4 mercs) (wolves)

(separate pages for modding, online, emulators)